dead foliage

Examples (10)

• We need to clear away all the dead foliage from the garden beds before spring.
• The ground was covered in a thick carpet of dead foliage after the first frost.
• Firefighters worked to remove the dry, dead foliage that could fuel a wildfire.
• I pruned the dead foliage from the rose bush to encourage new growth.
• The artist captured the stark beauty of the winter landscape, with its bare branches and piles of dead foliage below.
• Dead foliage on the forest floor decomposes and enriches the soil.
• Be careful not to pile dead foliage against the side of your house, as it can be a fire hazard.
• Beneath the layer of dead foliage, new green shoots were already beginning to emerge.
• The only sound was the crunching of dead foliage under our boots as we walked through the woods.
• A build-up of dead foliage can smother smaller plants in a garden.